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Ecosystems and PeopleA deeper understanding of human-nature reciprocity is required for transformative change to safeguard biodiversity. In the face of widespread loss of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services, evidence on how farm trees provide multiple benefits to ...
Khant Sandar Htet +2 more
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Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 The molecular-genetic profiles from the determinant locus of scrapie have been described in the Botosani Karakul breed. Sheep belonged to two farm types: elite farm from Research and Development Station for Sheep and Goat Breeding, Popauti-Botosani and ...
Gheorghe Hrinca, Sergiu Emil Georgescu
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Estimation of Commodity Specific Production Costs Using German Farm Accountancy Data [PDF]
A central problem in estimating per unit costs of production originates from the fact that most farms produce multiple outputs and standard farm-accounting data are only available at the whole-farm level. The seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) approach
Berner, Anja +2 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Efficiency, Environmental Contaminants and Farm Size: Testing for Links Using Stochastic Production Frontiers. [PDF]
This paper investigates whether there is any relationship between farm size, technical efficiency and the use of agrochemicals which are potentially environmentally contaminating.
Kaddour Hadri, Julie Whittaker
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani +6 more
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The diversity of French cattle farms and their participation to the beef production
, 1997 The aim of this article is to assess and to characterize French cattle farms according to their technical system, To achieve this purpose, we use a representative sample of French farms, the Farm Accounting Data Network (1995), In our investigation, we used a typolog of cattle farms, wich has been built in relation with the experts of the Breeders ...
Chatellier, Vincent +6 more
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OFF-FARM INCOME, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, AND FARM ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [PDF]
The economic well-being of most U.S. farm households depends on income from both onfarm and off-farm activities. Consequently, for many farm households, economic decisions (including technology adoption and other production decisions) are likely to be ...
Gregory, Alexandra +5 more
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Effects of policy instruments on farm investments and production decisions in the Spanish cop sector [PDF]
Our paper asses the impacts of the partially decoupled (PD) scheme, implemented during the 1990s and first half of the 2000s in the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), on on-farm investment as well as on other production decisions.
Kallas, Zein +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo +5 more
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